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Mayfair vs. Chaminade: Video & Quick Hits

Great atmosphere at the Mayfair gym. An hour before the game there was a long line waiting to get in, mostly students. The Mayfair fans came out in full force and provided a great 6th man.

Next Friday should be even crazier seeing as Mayfair will host No. 1 seed Mater Dei. The Monarchs got all they could handle from No. 16 seed Cantwell Sacred heart, winning 66-59 in overtime.

Senior Dillon Reise came to play for Mayfair. He led the Monsoons with 22 points, hitting five three pointers. Reise also hit three big free throws in the final minute to keep the Monsoons ahead.

Jack Williams was Jack Williams for Chaminade. The senior, who is committed to Long Beach State, dropped 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. But 16 of those points came in the first half. The Monsoons defense held Williams to just three points in the fourth quarter.

While Williams was held to just seven in the second half, his teammates in Trevor Stanback, Michael Oguine and Justin Eisen picked up the slack. Stanback scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and Oguine (14 points) added eight. Eisen was scoreless in the first half, but he started the third hot with two straight three pointers.

Reise might have led the team in scoring, but Kendall Small deserves a lot of credit, scoring 19 points and a handful of “wow” plays. He was very consistent, scoring at least five points in every quarter (except for the third where he only had two points).

Chaminade was not happy with the scorers table as the game wore on. There were pauses in play because the clock management at the table was being questioned for letting time run off.

Unsung players for Mayfair were Michael Nwabuzor and William Morehand. Nwabuzor, a captain, scored 10 points while Morehand dropped 12 points, nine coming from three three pointers. He hit two of those threes in the fourth period to keep Chaminade at bay.

Let it be known Chaminade was tall. They had two 6-foot-8 guys, as well as 6-foot-7 and a 6-foot-10 big. And Mayfair is not big whatsoever, yet, their pressure allows them to disrupt offenses so well. Playing twice against a long team like La Mirada certainly helped prepare the Monsoons for the Eagles.

I was surprised there was no slam dunks. There was a couple attempted but none that connected.